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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458741403321

Autore

Bell-Villada Gene H. <1941->

Titolo

Borges and His Fiction [[electronic resource] ] : A Guide to His Mind and Art

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2000

ISBN

0-292-79196-8

Edizione

[Revised]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Collana

Texas Pan American

Altri autori (Persone)

Bell-VilladaGene H. <1941->

Disciplina

868

Soggetti

Borges, Jorge Luis, -- 1899-1986 -- Criticism and interpretation

Romance Literatures

Languages & Literatures

Spanish Literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface to the Revised Edition""; ""Preface to the 1981 Edition""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Note on Page References""; ""Chronology""; ""PART I. Borges's Worlds""; ""Chapter One. Buenos Aires and Beyond""; ""Chapter Two. A Sort of Life, a Special Mind""; ""Chapter Three. What Borges Did for Prose Fiction""; ""PART II. Borges's Fictions""; ""Chapter Four. The Apprentice Fiction Maker""; ""Chapter Five. Ficciones I: Doubles, Dreamers, and Detectives""; ""Chapter Six. Ficciones II: The World Within a Book""; ""Chapter Seven. El Aleph I: Doubles and Puzzles""

""Chapter Eight. El Aleph II: Tales of Action and Violence""""Chapter Nine. El Aleph III: The Visionary Experience""; ""PART III. Borges's Place in Literature""; ""Chapter Ten. Dreamtigers and Later Works: A Tentative Summation""; ""Chapter Eleven. Literature and Politics North and South""; ""Chapter Twelve. Borges as Argentine Author: And other Self-Evident (If Often Ignored) Truths""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""